Updated October 20, 2022 Wooten’s is currently open and operating airboat and swamp buggy tours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Our Alligator Show and Animal Sanctuary are open with the last alligator show starting at 4 p.m. Please see below for updates related to Hurricane Ian. Most restaurants in Everglades City are closed or have limited hours. We recommend …
Wooten’s Tiger Incident
OCHOPEE, Fla.—A Wooten’s Everglades Airboat Tours employee received injuries to his hands and arms today while feeding tigers in the company’s animal sanctuary. He was transported to a nearby hospital for treatment. The tigers were not injured and remain in their enclosure. Wooten’s is licensed to care for tigers by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the US …
New Extended & Private Airboat Tours at Wooten’s
Wooten’s Everglades Airboat Tours is offering two new kinds of airboat tours. The new tours use smaller boats, seat fewer passengers, last longer, and visit more areas, giving guests more ways to explore Everglades flora and fauna with their friends and family. The new Extended Small Airboat Tour takes guests through narrower mangrove forests that larger airboats can’t reach, but …
Removing an Invasive 11-Foot Burmese Python
Wooten’s employees caught an 11-foot Burmese python at Wooten’s. This is the latest in a series of pythons the Wooten’s team has captured in the Everglades.